Angels and artifacts: Moral agents in the age of computers and networks

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-157

  Miller, Keith ^a   Larson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligent; Computer ethics; Computer networks; moral agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077850     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960580000269     Document Type: Article

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